Dyeing
['daɪɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) the use of dye to change the color of something permanently.
Editor: Vince--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dye
(n.) The process or art of fixing coloring matters permanently and uniformly in the fibers of wool, cotton, etc.
Edited by Fred
Examples
- The cloth, the greasy wool, the polluting dyeing-vats? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- One of the most important and lucrative industrial processes of the world to-day is that of staining and dyeing. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Possibly no industry has been more affected by chemical discovery than that of dyeing. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Besides metallurg y they practiced the arts of weaving, dyeing, distillation. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- He had come upon a new method of dyeing hair and preparing it to be made into wigs. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- About this time, both in England and America, machines had been devised for sewing lengths of calico and other cloths together, previous to bleaching, dyeing or printing. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The matter added to facilitate spinning and weaving generally detracts from the appearance of the uncolored fabric, and also interferes with successful dyeing. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- They knew the secrets of dyeing, and they manufactured paper. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- By the above-mentioned statute, gum senega, or gum arabic, being among the enumerated dyeing drugs, might be imported duty free. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Editor: Shelton